New Delhi: A fire broke out at an RO plant in Pratapnagar area of Gujarat’s Vadodara on Wednesday, reported news agency ANI. The fire spread to adjacent shops and four to five shops were gutted in the flames, reported the news agency.
Five fire tenders were pressed to the spot and firefighting operations were underway to douse the flames. No injuries or casualties have been reported, as per the report by the news agency.
A fire related incident was reported from Ahmedabad when flames erupted from a ‘chawl’ or tenement in the city, apparently due to firecrackers, causing explosion in five gas cylinders kept in different rooms on Tuesday. However, no casualty was reported.
A government official also said as many as 57 fire calls were received from across the city post-Diwali on Monday, PTI reported.
In a separate incident on the city's outskirts, an automobile spare parts' shop was gutted in a blaze which was also prima facie caused due to firecrackers.
A furniture shop and a plywood outlet were gutted in Vadodara, while a locked flat in Surat caught fire. Several cases of people suffering burns due to bursting of firecrackers were reported in Gujarat on the night of Diwali.
Several fire incidents were reported from across the country on Monday despite state governments imposing a blanket ban on the storage, sale, and use of all types of firecrackers. Several instances of houses and shops being gutted due to firecrackers also came to light on Tuesday.
Delhi reported 201 emergencies and fire related calls on Diwali, which was 32 per cent higher than the last year.
In Mumbai, around 85 fire incidents were reported during Diwali celebrations.
Around 700 shops were gutted in a massive fire that broke out at Naharlagun Daily Market near Arunachal Pradesh's Itanagar on Tuesday. There was no casualty, PTI reported. Three fire tenders fought for hours to bring the blaze under control.